# time() built-in

Martian (wsmyth@wichita.fn.net)
Sat, 22 Jun 1996 22:53:16 PDT

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    H. Peter Anvin wrote:

    > > static package
    > > bf_us_time(Var arglist, Byte next, void *vdata, Objid progr)

    > Seems a bit misleading of a name for the function to me... I think
    > ftime() (fp time) would be more accurate, since the result is still in
    > seconds.

    True, but originally, it returned a list, {seconds, microseconds}, so I called it us_time.
    When floats were introduced, I changed its return type.

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